germ cell

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noun Biology.

the sexual reproductive cell at any stage from the primordial cell to the mature gamete.

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Origin of germ cell

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby germ cell

German sixth, Germantown, German wirehaired pointer, Germany, germaphobe, germ cell, germen, germfree, germicide, germinability, germinal

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How to use germ cell in a sentence

“This technical breakthrough…holds enormous potential for germ cell research,” commented Drs.
Scientists Bred Healthy Mice Using Artificial Eggs and Ovaries Made From Stem Cells|Shelly Fan|July 27, 2021|Singularity Hub
Joel Osteen wants to talk about muting your cell phone at the dinner table.
No Gods, No Cops, No Masters|James Poulos|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
At that point, the Library of Congress can once again decide to prohibit consumers from unlocking their cell phones.
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Earlier this year, security at major airports was tightened because of a tip that al-Asiri had been working on a cell phone bomb.
A Gift to the Jihadis: The Unseen Airport Security Threat|Clive Irving|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST

At least one of those ubiquitous cell phone cameras began filming.
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In fact, four of 20 cells at Cobalt were found to have bars across the cell to allow this.
Inside the CIA’s Sadistic Dungeon|Tim Mak|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There was no doubt thought of his own loss in this question: yet there was, one may hope, a germ of solicitude for the mother too.
Children's Ways|James Sully
In his condemned cell he composed a beautiful poem of 14 verses (“My last Thought”), which was found by his wife and published.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
Some writers state that each cell contains about one thousand seeds.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Any epithelial cell may be so granular from degenerative changes that the nucleus is obscured.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The sediment contains a few hyaline and finely granular casts and an occasional red blood-cell.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd

British Dictionary definitions for germ cell

germ cell

noun

a sexual reproductive cell; gameteCompare somatic cell

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Scientific definitions for germ cell

germ cell

One of the diploid cells in the reproductive organs of a multicellular organism that undergo division and are the precursors of haploid gametes, such as a spermatogonium or oogonium.

See gamete.